In documentation on today's (1st September 2016) by the Minister for Health Simon Harris that he is starting a process to lead eventually to statutory regulation of the profession, the Minister is stated to favour separate registers for counsellors and psychotherapists, maintained by a single registration board.
The registration board would almost certainly be part of the Health and Social Care Professionals Council (Coru) which has been regulating professions for a decade.
Coru is in the process of registering 13 professions which do not include counsellors or psychotherapists. Over the decade to date it has completed the registration of seven of these professions - so the registration of counsellors and psychotherapists is unlikely to be completed anytime soon.
Still, the process has been started by the Minister's announcement so it's on on the way - we just don't know when.
The Department of Health has published its background document at this link.
Coru is at this link.
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